The work of Marcin Maciejowski (born Babice\, Poland in
1974) re-presents everyday images of our time. Using those already in popu
lar circulation as starting points - found photographs\, movies\, posters\,
newspaper illustrations - his paintings naturally inherit the social and p
olitical implications of their source material. Current affairs\, film stil
ls\, military and religious figures and film noir femmes fatales all popula
te his art. Witty and often ironic\, these subjects are presented in a deli
berate abandonment of the traditions associated with the history of paintin
g. Echoing the speed of the digital reproduction\, the slowness of his chos
en\, analogue\, medium brings an examination of the role of painting in tod
ay's cultural world.

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This will be the artist's first exhibition in a p
ublic UK venue and will include paintings from 2003-12.